Parow

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 13 🏘️ Near: beaconvale, fairfield-estate, glenlily

Note: The official Parow boundary is a small area. The broader area commonly known as Parow includes nearby suburbs. Some schools, clinics and other facilities may appear under:

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

35 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

Census 2022 demographic data is not yet available for this suburb. Coverage is being expanded as Stats SA releases finer geographic data.

📊 2024 Household Survey

3.09 Avg household size

100% Piped water

100% Flush toilet

100% Grid electricity

100% Refuse removal

100% Internet access

97.2% Formal dwelling

35% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

85.1% Has vehicle

76.8% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 46 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

4 Parks

1 With play equipment

1.1 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Goodwood (2.4 km away) · Fire Service Head Office

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Parow Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

Recorded Crimes — Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)

0 Murder

69 Aggravated robbery

36 Residential burglary

4 Carjacking

4 Rape

20 Assault GBH

30 Vehicle theft

309 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

0 Murder

3 Attempted murder

4 Rape

0 Sexual assault

76 Common assault

20 Assault GBH

69 Aggravated robbery

86 Common robbery

36 Residential burglary

16 Non-residential burglary

30 Vehicle theft

4 Carjacking

0 Residential robbery

309 Drug-related crime

Note: These are station-level totals for the entire policing area, not suburb-specific figures. SAPS does not publish crime data at suburb level.

Source: SAPS Quarterly Crime Statistics 2025/2026

Load Shedding

Block 13

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 13 schedule. Times shown are when power will be OFF.

Dam Levels

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

City-wide metric, not suburb-specific.

78% Full

Recent Trend

Neighbouring Suburbs

beaconvale78 people→fairfield-estate2,904 people→glenlily4,668 people→parow-east337 people→parow-valley5,747 people→richmond564 people→

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